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Diarmaid macculloch, dd, fba, frhists, fsa, professor of the history of the church at oxford, fellow of st cross college, oxford, and prizewinning author, has written extensively on the sixteenth century and beyond it. The first three thousand years by diarmaid macculloch. The consequences of those shattering events are still felt todayfrom the stark divisions between and within catholic and protestant countries to the protestant ideology that governs america, the worlds only remaining superpower. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of st cross college, oxford. His thomas cranmer1996 won the whitbread biography award, the james tait black prize and the duff cooper prize. The definitive account of christianity in our time. It captures the major turning points in catholic, protestant, and orthodox. Diarmaid macculloch when a young boy, his parents used to drive around historic churches. Oct 05, 2015 bbc a history of christianity 1 of 6 the first christianity english subtitle bao cao. For each chapter of diarmaid maccullochs christianity.
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